Tuesday, May 04, 2010

"A bitter night for young Clayton Kershaw, but it's all part of the growing process." --Vin Scully

Clayton Kershaw has a disastrous second inning, getting only one out while giving up seven runs across eight batters, upon which our remaining Ortiz (Ramon) promptly tacks two more runs to make it a 12-batter, nine-run frame. The Dodgers eke out a couple of meager runs in the fifth and one in the sixth, all off of sacrifices. And James Loney made it a little more interesting with a two-out, three-run homer in the eighth. But the fact remains, we are behind the eight-ball if we want to keep our streak of home-series wins alive.

But watching those first seven innings tonight, with the Dodgers going down with whimpers, it was almost like yesterday's off-day put the entire team to sleep. Especially Reed Johnson and his .271 average at leadoff doesn't exactly provide a spark (Johnson went 0-for-4; to be fair, Xavier Paul came in to PH and promptly struck out). Also sleeping in the two-hole is Russell Martin, who started the year quickly but hasn't had a multi-hit game in his last 10 outings (watching his average plummet from .333 to .244; now with five hits in his last 38 at-bats).

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Don't get me wrong, we're not at this point in the season yet, but if we are still in this shape at the end of the month, will we start really needing to think hard about DFA'ing some of these punks and just letting a couple of young fellers see what they can do? Cause it can't get worse than Johnson, Carroll, GA, etc.

Agreed DB. I think you're on point with Anderson. Johnson and Carroll are not doing the job, but may be necessary for the next couple of months (Furcal and Manny being hurt but on the way back). Anderson needs to go now. I'd rather have Carroll than Green. Johnson maybe serviceable though, IMO.

The whole context of what I was posing...I know we can't DFA half bench today. But later on in the season, IF we are still stinking, just think there's room in that scenario for bringing a person or two up for some experience. I'm not all that interested in getting, say, Nick Green any experience.

Just got back from the game. Arrived at the top of the second, just in time to see Kershaw give up all those runs. That inning was the most hostile i've heard a crowd in a long time.

I would have to admit that I was surprised at how loudly we all cheered when we scored the two runs in the bottom of the fifth and the loney home run. if you just heard the crowd and didn't see the score, you would have thought we came from behind to win

On Dodger talk after the game, they said Weaver was coming back only as a reviever, so they don't know who is going to start this weekend.

I guess this officially ends the "if Fred's Brim doesn't watch the games, the Dodgers win" experiment. But I am glad I missed that shitshow. At the same time, it's not fair that you guys had to endure it while I went to bed early expecting a win. I think it's only right that I suffer with you